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Got Myself a GTX 1060

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by booman, Apr 11, 2017.

  1. booman

    booman Grand High Exalted Mystic Emperor of Linux Gaming Staff Member

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    I finally broke down and purchased myself a new video card:

    GTX 1060

    Played Mad Max a bit with everything on HIGH and there was a slight stutter, but everything looked AMAZING! I'm loving this card!

    Chipset
    Chipset Manufacturer
    NVIDIA
    GPU Series
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10 Series
    GPU
    GeForce GTX 1060
    Core Clock
    1506 MHz
    Boost Clock
    1708 MHz
    CUDA Cores
    1152
    Memory
    Effective Memory Clock
    8008 MHz
    Memory Size
    3GB
    Memory Interface
    192-Bit
    Memory Type
    GDDR5
    3D API
    DirectX
    DirectX 12
    OpenGL
    OpenGL 4.5
    Ports
    HDMI
    1 x HDMI 2.0b
    Multi-Monitor Support
    4
    DisplayPort
    3 x DisplayPort 1.4
    DVI
    1 x Dual-Link DVI-D
    Details
    Max Resolution
    7680 x 4320
    SLI Support
    No
    Virtual Reality Ready
    Yes
    Cooler
    With Fan
    Operating Systems Supported
    Windows 10 32/64bit, Windows 8 32/64bit, Windows 7 32/64bit
    System Requirements
    400W or greater power supply.
    PCI Express, PCI Express 2.0 or PCI Express 3.0 compliant motherboard with one graphics slot.
    Power Connector
    6-Pin
    Dual-Link DVI Supported
    Yes
    HDCP Ready
    Yes
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  2. mrdeathjr28

    mrdeathjr28 Active Member

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    Congratulations

    And now you have pascal card, in my case have GTX 1050 and runs very smoothly and have very low tdp

    :)
  3. booman

    booman Grand High Exalted Mystic Emperor of Linux Gaming Staff Member

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    Thanks, what is a pascal card?
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    mrdeathjr28 Active Member

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    Yeah GTX 10xx cards are based on pascal arquitecture for this reason say pascal card

    However sounds better pascal gpu based card

    :)
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    Daniel~ Chief BBS Administrator Staff Member

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    I'm happy you could finally treat yourself Boo! If you want to bench mark it in Linux there's Furmark and fluid mark in POL
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    Congratulations booman, that's a very enviable vidcard!
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  7. booman

    booman Grand High Exalted Mystic Emperor of Linux Gaming Staff Member

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    Thanks guys! I'm running Mad Max with almost everything on HIGH. Looking beautiful!
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    You finally get a video card that you truly deserve!

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